John bacheldeb



Patented Dec. 25, 1877.,

A J.- BAGHELDER. Wool-Washing Machine.

PA'rFN'r OFFICE.

JOHN BACHELDFR, oF NAPA, CALIFORNIA.

IMPRCVIVIENT` lNvwooL-wAsl-IING MACHINES.

-Specification forming part-of Letters Patent-No.:`l9l8`,557, datedDecember 25, 18`77; application filed v June 4, 1877-.

To all-'whom #may comitiva.'A

California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsinWool-Scouiing Machines; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and `exact description of `the same,I

reference being yhad. .to `-the accompanying drawings, forming` a partof this speciiication,

' Figure 1 representsf a top or plan view of my improved wool-scouringmachine. Fig. 2 represents a view, ofthe geared side of the machine.Fig. 3f represents a vertical longitudinal central vsection on line A B,Fig. l, looking in the direction of arrow 1 vand Fig. 4 represents asection` online A, Fig. l, only a portion of the machine `being shown,as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

. `,To enable those skilled in the art my invention belongsfto 'make andluse ythe` same, I will proceed to describe it moregin detail.

In the drawingsl,the Vpart markedALrepresents the box or. .frame part ofthe machine,

and which is made water-tight, so that thev scouring-liquorandcleansing-water can only escape as hereinafter set forth. Boxor frameA,in .this instance, is provided withlsix sets of rolls, all of themturning in suitable bearings arranged inthe sides of the box or frame yA, and allotl said setsof rolls .are geared.

together, so as to be driven by a positive and uniform motion.

fitted to swing uponA the shaft B.".,.'w liich carries upon its outerend `a small pulley, c, by

l means ofv which apron B `can be driven .by a

-over on top of the machine, thereby economizing space or room.

Box or frame A is provided at its front end (See Figs..l and 2v for thearrangement ofthe gearing.) In front, of the' first set of j rolls Bisjarranged an endlessl apron, B', upon a swinging frame, B, which is .pi with` two sets of rolls,B .and C, and under Be it known that I, JOHNBACEELDFR, of, Napa, in the county Tof Napa and 'State `of eachset ofrolls is arranged a division-piece, c, which extends from side to sideof the box A, and extends up so as to almost touch the bottom of thebottom roll of its respective set. Near the center of the box A isarranged the set of rolls D, which set of rolls is arranged higher thanthe others, and underneath the lower roll of the set is a partition orcut-off piece, d, extending from side to side of the box, and extendingup so as to form a close t against the surface of the lower roll of theset D, as indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. In' rear of the centralset of rolls D are arranged two other sets of rolls, E and F 5 but theserolls are dropped down upon a line, or nearly so, with the journals ofthe two first sets of rolls B and C.

Division-pieces e are arranged in box A under these rolls, saiddivision-pieces e extending up nearly to the peripheries of the lowerrolls, as indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. In rear of theselast-named rolls another set of rolls, G, are arranged, but in anelevated position, as indicated in the drawings, and Vvthe journal ofthe upper roll G of this set is pressed down by weighted lever H oneach'end of the roll, as is clearly represented inthe drawings. In rearof the weighted set of rolls Gr is arranged an opening-beater, I, havingprojecting wings f.

Power is communicated to the geared sets of rolls in any convenientmanner, so as to cause them to revolve with a slow but positive motion,while the beater I is driven with sufficient velocity to open the wooland deliver it from the machine in a suitable manner for drying. v

At the top of box A, and between each set of rolls, is arranged aconductor, J, running from side to side of the machine, the rear edge ofwhich is perforated with holes 1, and said conductors have open ends J',extending out through the side of box A, opposite to the gearing. At thesides of the box, near the lower surface of the lower roll of ea choi`the sets B C and E F, an inlet-pipe is arranged, the inletpipes 2 2being in front of the division-piece d, while the inlet-pipes 3 3 are inthe rear of division-piece d.

Inlet-pipes 2 and 3 are connected with suitable pipes upon the outsideof the machine, for conveying or conducting hot scouring water or sudsthrough inlet-pipes 2 2 and clear cleansing cold water throughinlet-pipes 3 3, and such hot scouring-water may be supplied from anysuitable tank or reservoir, arranged at such aheight as to cause the hotscouring-water to flow freely through inlet-pipes 2 2, and up and outthrough conductors J, such Water passing ordinarily through the smallperfora tions 1 in the rear edge of conductors J into said conductors,and thence running out of the open ends of the conductors at the side ofthe machine.

The operation of the cleansing or cold water in its passage into and outof box A through its respective inlet-pipes and outletconductors is thesame as that of the hot scouring-water.

The operation of the machine is as follows: Box A being filled with hotscouring-water forward of division-piece d, and with coldcleansing-water in rear of division-piece d, and motion being given tothe endless apron B', geared sets of rolls B, C, D, E, F, and G andopening-beater I, the attendant places the wool to be scoured upon theendless apron B', and continues to feed the wool to said apron as itrevolves, the wool being carried forward by the apron and delivered tothe first set of rolls, B, which draw it down into the hotscouring-water, by which it is saturated, and in its passage between thefirst set of ro11s,B, it is squeezed so as to expel the water, afterwhich it is saturated again in its passage through the hot water to thesecond set of squeezing-rolls, C, and again saturated in its passage tothe third set of squeezing-rolls, D, after which it passes into the coldcleansingwater in the rear division of the machine, and is alternatelysaturated and squeezed in its passage through the various sets of rollsin this division of the machine, until it is finally delivered by theweighted set of rolls G, in a comparatively dry state, having beenthoroughly squeezed by the great pressure of said rolls, to theopening-beater I, by which it is opened and thrown back in the propercondition for completing the drying operation.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the construction ofthe machine is such that the ingress of the water to both di visionscauses upward currents through the wool during its passage through themachine, whereby three important practical results are obtained, viz:First, the dirt or light oating matter is carried off by the water whichescapes through the conductors, while the sand and heavy substances aredeposited in the bottom of the box; second, an upward current throughthe wool prevents itfrombeingwound about the bottom rolls; and third,the outlet being on a line not much azbove the bites of the respectivesets of rolls, the dirty water expelled by the rolls is at onceconducted or carried oii from the box A, instead of being allowed tomingle and mix with the incoming clean water, all of which tends greatlyto insure a perfect and economical scouring and cleansing of the wool.

It will be understood that any number of sets of rolls maybe employed ineach division of the machine, the number depending somewhat upon thecharacter of the wool to be scoured.

It will be understood that the dirt and sediment deposited in the bottomof box A canbe removed by any suitable arrangement for that purpose, andthat the waste water may be conducted into suitable tanks, and, afterbeing liltered or otherwise separated om the dirt, used over again.

I am aware thatLetters Patentwere granted to Israel Hoagland, July 16,1867, for washing and wringing machines; and I do not wish to beunderstood as claiming anything shown or described in said Hoaglandspatent, nor do I wish to be understood as claiming anything shown ordescribed in the Letters Patent granted to me September 8, 1874, forimproved wool-washing wachine; and I hereby disclaim the inventionsdescribed and shown in both and each of said Letters Patents; but,

Having described myimprovements 1n woolscouring machines, what I claimtherein as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent is 1. The improved mode or process herein described of scouringand cleansin wool, consisting of a continuous operation o alternatelysaturating the wool with scouring liquor and water, expelling the sameby mechanism operatin g substantially as described, while the scouringliquor and water are fed in from below and carried oli' from the topjust in front gf etlch set of rolls, as and for the purposes set ort 2.The combination, with the elevated division set of squeezing-rolls D,arranged in a box, A, having adivision-piece, d, of one or more sets ofsqueezing-rolls on each side, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

3. The combination, with the box A and squeezing-rolls, of perforatedconductors J and inlet-pipes 2 and 3, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

JOHN BACHELDER.

Witnesses:

R. BURNELL, R. H. STERLING.

